Three charged with murder of Maltese journalist

The men pleaded not guilty, according to local media, which named the men as brothers George and Alfred Degiorgio and Vincent Muscat, all in their fifties. They were also accused of possession of bomb-making material and weapons.

The men were among 10 people arrested in police raids on Monday. According to Maltese law, people under arrest must be charged within 48 hours or released.

The 53-year-old had spent the last year publishing stories about allegations of corruption involving Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and his closest allies. The story first came to light in the Panama Papers scandal — a leak in April 2016 of more than 11 million documents from the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca.

She subsequently published stories alleging that Muscat’s wife, Michelle, received $1 million from the daughter of Azerbaijan’s president through a company set up by the same law firm.

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glasspix 1

These are the Maltese version of the proverbial three Chechens who get the blame after political murders in Russia. Until Muscat, Joseph Muscat that is, and his socialist cleptocracy are sitting in the docs, the Maltese should not stop pursuing justice for Daphne.

Posted on 12/6/17 | 7:57 AM CET

Vishnou

Of course. But, who ordered the crime?

Posted on 12/6/17 | 2:21 PM CET

Ray Vassallo

Your article misinforms rather than informs. It seems to implicate the Maltese Prime Minister and his wife in the murder. Joseph Muscat truly left no stone unturned in hunting down the perpetrators. The success of the Maltese police and their foreign counterparts seems to have disappointed some who desired a similar outcome to those other, now historical murders, tinged with Maltese partisan politics and which remain unsolved. The implication that this assasination had a political motive is as yet nothing but conjecture and, considering the real situation in Malta with its tiny population, miniscule geography and ubiquitous familiarity, remains highly improbable.